This year in school we have used a program called Connected Math 2 instead of a text book. The books have eight units that each covers different things. Area and perimeter would be in the same book while probability would be in a different book. Right now my class is on book 6 of 8. The six books we have gone over are Bits and Pieces 1-2, Covering and Surrounding, Shapes and Designs, and Prime Time. We are currently on How Likely Is It. Every book has a Unit Project in it such as create a theme park with the area of 100 square feet or the perimeter of 100 meters. According to what section of the book we are on we will get homework. Since we are the highest math class we are required to have around 25 problems every day of the week. At the end of a section we have reflection that is graded.
In the beginning of a unit there are three questions that sort of give us hints about what is going to show up later on in the book. These questions will also probably be answered in the book. Bryce and Rachel are collecting food for the local food bank. Bryce’s goal is to collect 24 items. Suppose Rachel and Bryce each meets their goal. What fraction of Bryce’s goal does Rachel collect? Sarah and her Uncle, Takota, go fishing in the Grand River.
Some questions will be like this, what models or diagrams might be helpful in understanding the situation and the relationships among quantities? Do I want to express he quantities in the situation as fractions, decimals, or percents? What strategies can I use to find the equivalent forms of fractions, decimals, or percents? What strategies can I use to compare or order a set of fractions, decimals, and percents?
As a class we do a different section each day. For example we will do 1.1 one day and 1.2 another day. Every investigation we will learn one of the achievements in the math highlights. We usually have investigation 1-3 or 5 in the book. Each section also usually questions that go from A-C or if we are really unlucky A-F. If we stay on one subject for a longer period of time that the others than it will probably be on the reflection at the end of the unit. At the end of the investigations you always have a reflection that you do for homework or you will do it in class which everyone prefers. Since we are required to have homework everyday of the week even on the weekends we are always busy even at home. Some of the question will be multiple choice or they are multiple answer questions. These questions provide practice for the section we are working on. My favorite unit is Bits and Pieces 1. This unit is my favorite because I think I learned the most since fractions use to be my worst subject but now they are just about my favorite and I think they are fairly easy to do. I use to look at a fraction and say,”oh no.” Now I can look at division, multiplication, subtraction, and addition of fractions and laugh as I do problems.
Some of the resources I used was a sample reflection and some questions out of the highlights in the book called Bits and Pieces 1.
This year in school we have used a program called Connected Math 2 instead of a text book. The books have eight units that each covers different things. Area and perimeter would be in the same book while probability would be in a different book. Right now my class is on book 6 of 8. The six books we have gone over are Bits and Pieces 1-2, Covering and Surrounding, Shapes and Designs, and Prime Time. We are currently on How Likely Is It. Every book has a Unit Project in it such as create a theme park with the area of 100 square feet or the perimeter of 100 meters. According to what section of the book we are on we will get homework. Since we are the highest math class we are required to have around 25 problems every day of the week. At the end of a section we have reflection that is graded.
In the beginning of a unit there are three questions that sort of give us hints about what is going to show up later on in the book. These questions will also probably be answered in the book. Bryce and Rachel are collecting food for the local food bank. Bryce’s goal is to collect 24 items. Suppose Rachel and Bryce each meets their goal. What fraction of Bryce’s goal does Rachel collect? Sarah and her Uncle, Takota, go fishing in the Grand River.
Some questions will be like this, what models or diagrams might be helpful in understanding the situation and the relationships among quantities? Do I want to express he quantities in the situation as fractions, decimals, or percents? What strategies can I use to find the equivalent forms of fractions, decimals, or percents? What strategies can I use to compare or order a set of fractions, decimals, and percents?
As a class we do a different section each day. For example we will do 1.1 one day and 1.2 another day. Every investigation we will learn one of the achievements in the math highlights. We usually have investigation 1-3 or 5 in the book. Each section also usually questions that go from A-C or if we are really unlucky A-F. If we stay on one subject for a longer period of time that the others than it will probably be on the reflection at the end of the unit. At the end of the investigations you always have a reflection that you do for homework or you will do it in class which everyone prefers.
Since we are required to have homework everyday of the week even on the weekends we are always busy even at home. Some of the question will be multiple choice or they are multiple answer questions. These questions provide practice for the section we are working on. My favorite unit is Bits and Pieces 1. This unit is my favorite because I think I learned the most since fractions use to be my worst subject but now they are just about my favorite and I think they are fairly easy to do. I use to look at a fraction and say,”oh no.” Now I can look at division, multiplication, subtraction, and addition of fractions and laugh as I do problems.
Some of the resources I used was a sample reflection and some questions out of the highlights in the book called Bits and Pieces 1.
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